Airnergize Capital Secures $239M Clean Energy Fund Anchored by DBSA
Backed by the Development Bank of Southern Africa and major commercial partners, the clean tech platform targets sustainable infrastructure deployment across the continent.
JOHANNESBURG — Airnergize Capital, the clean technology investment platform of South Africa’s New GX Capital, has officially closed its debut Fund I at R3.89 billion (approximately USD 239.7 million).
The milestone vehicle features a blended finance architecture, pairing state development finance capital with South Africa's premier commercial banking balance sheets.
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) acted as the lead development finance institution (DFI), committing an initial R240 million following rigorous institutional due diligence.
The wider syndicate brings together prominent commercial institutional investors and banking balance sheets, including RMB Ventures, Standard Bank, Nedbank, New GX Capital (as parent entity and investor).
"Backing a fund alongside commercial investors allows us to crowd in private capital rather than compete with it, which is exactly the kind of blended approach South Africa needs if it is going to close its infrastructure investment gap," noted Mahlatsi Molokomme, Principal Investment Officer at the DBSA.
Initial capital deployment focuses on commercial and industrial (C&I) solar photovoltaic and energy storage assets across South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, and the Indian Ocean islands. The platform's broader expansion pipeline extends into utility-scale power generation, transmission-related infrastructure, water utilities, and gas distribution networks.
Furthermore, Airnergize Capital is participating in the Pulse Infrastructure consortium, one of seven groups pre-qualified under South Africa's Independent Transmission Projects programme designed to mobilize private sector capital for national high-voltage grid expansion.
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